15 Easy Christmas Desserts Everyone Will Love
The holidays are my favorite time to bake, the kitchen smells like sugar and cinnamon, and the counters are covered in Christmas cookies, fudge, and candy cane treats! Whether you’re hosting a cookie exchange or planning your holiday dinner, these easy Christmas desserts are guaranteed crowd-pleasers.
From melt-in-your-mouth snowball cookies to Grinch brownies and festive fudge, each recipe brings a little holiday magic to your table. You can also check out my Christmas dinner recipes and easy holiday appetizers to round out your menu.
Layered Christmas Chocolate Fudge
This easy no-bake layered Christmas chocolate fudge features two festive layers — semi-sweet chocolate and creamy white chocolate — topped with colorful Christmas sprinkles. It’s rich, creamy, no-bake, and perfect for gifting or adding to your holiday cookie tray.
Homemade Christmas Hot Chocolate Sticks
Creamy, festive hot chocolate sticks filled with cocoa mix, marshmallows, and sprinkles — the easiest edible Christmas gift ever!
Christmas Thin Mint Cookies
These Christmas thin mint cookies are the easiest holiday treat you’ll ever make! They taste just like homemade Girl Scout Thin Mints — with a festive holiday twist.
Christmas Sugar Cookies
These soft Christmas sugar cookies are buttery, perfectly shaped, and easy to decorate. The dough holds its shape without spreading, making it perfect for holiday cut-outs. Great for cookie exchanges, decorating with kids, or festive gifting!
Christmas Pretzel Santa Hats
Sweet, salty, and festive, these pretzel Santa hats are the perfect no-bake Christmas treat! Made with mini pretzels, chocolate, and marshmallows, they’re a fun kitchen project with kids or a quick party snack that’s guaranteed to spread holiday cheer.
Christmas Light Cupcakes
Turn simple cupcakes into a string of sparkling holiday lights with this easy, kid-friendly recipe! These Christmas light cupcakes use buttercream frosting, colorful M&Ms, and black decorating gel to create bakery-worthy treats in under an hour.
Christmas Candy Cane Fudge
This candy cane fudge is a quick, no-bake holiday dessert made with white chocolate and crushed peppermint. Perfect for gifting, cookie trays, or festive snacking—all with just 6 ingredients and 10 minutes of prep!
Christmas Grinch Cookies
Fast, festive Grinch cookies made with white cake mix, peppermint, and a signature red heart. Soft, chewy, and perfect for movie nights, school parties, and last-minute holiday baking.
Pecan Snowball Cookies
This easy pecan snowball cookies recipe makes buttery, melt-in-your-mouth cookies filled with toasted pecans and coated in powdered sugar. Also known as Mexican Wedding Cookies or Russian Tea Cakes, these holiday favorites are simple to bake and impossible to resist.
Christmas Melted Snowman Cookies
I first saw a version of these melted snowman cookies online a few years ago and thought they were just the cutest thing. Of course, I couldn’t resist making my own twist, something a little simpler, a little more “Nana-style,” so I could bake them with my grandkids. We turned it into a mini holiday
Christmas Haystack Cookies
These Christmas haystack cookies are an easy, no-bake holiday treat made with chow mein noodles, butterscotch chips, peanut butter, and festive M&Ms. Perfect for cookie swaps, gifting, or last-minute desserts!
Christmas Santa Hat Brownies
These Christmas Santa hat brownies are the easiest festive dessert you’ll make this holiday! Start with a pan of brownies, then add red and white frosting for the cutest edible Santa hats. Perfect for parties, cookie swaps, or family baking fun.
Pecan Snowball Cookies
This easy pecan snowball cookies recipe makes buttery, melt-in-your-mouth cookies filled with toasted pecans and coated in powdered sugar. Also known as Mexican Wedding Cookies or Russian Tea Cakes, these holiday favorites are simple to bake and impossible to resist.
Christmas Fudge
This easy Christmas fudge recipe is creamy, colorful, and perfect for holiday gifting. Made with white chocolate and festive swirls, it takes just 20 minutes to prepare — no candy thermometer required!
Grinch Poke Cake (Easy Christmas Dessert)
A fun and festive Grinch poke cake. This easy, make-ahead Christmas dessert features bright red and green layers, perfect for holiday parties, potlucks, and family baking fun.
I made the no-bake Grinch cookies last night and it was a huge hit. I love recipes that don’t require turning on the oven when things get busy.
I’m so glad to hear they were a hit! I’m the same way — no-bake treats are a lifesaver when things get busy. Thanks for trying the recipe!
I’ve been hunting for easy Christmas dessert ideas, and this list is perfect. Already saved a few to make for our family party this weekend!
I’m so glad this list helped! I hope your family party goes great—holiday desserts always make things feel extra festive. Let me know which ones you end up making!
These are amazing! They all look so good, and I love anything that keeps me out of the kitchen when the holidays are in full swing.
Right? Holiday chaos is real! I’m so glad these caught your eye. Anything that keeps me out of the kitchen a little longer is a win in my book too.
All of these look so fun and doable, but those Christmas pretzel Santa hats and hot chocolate sticks really caught my eye. Such cute ideas for baking with kids or grandkids without a ton of stress in the kitchen. Saving this for our family get-together.
Thanks so much! Those Santa hats and hot chocolate sticks are always a favorite around here. They’re super easy, which is my kind of holiday baking. Hope you all have fun making them together!
Pinned this for Christmas Eve! I’m hosting this year and needed desserts that look festive without taking all day.
Ahh I love that! This one is perfect for Christmas Eve—festive but super low-stress. Hope your guests love it!
The snowball cookies were such a hit at my office potluck. I added a little extra cinnamon like you suggested — so good!
Yay, I’m so glad they were a hit! A little extra cinnamon is always the move…happy it worked out for you!
Oh my goodness, these are absolutely adorable! I can’t wait to make a few of them this holiday season. I’m especially loving the Thin Mint Cookies, honestly, I love them all! Thank you for sharing these desserts, now I have some sweet inspiration for holiday desserts to make for my family.
Thank you so much! I’m really glad these gave you some ideas. The thin mint cookies are a favorite in my house too. Hope your family enjoys whatever you end up making this year!
I bookmarked this roundup the second I saw it! I needed some quick ideas for our office potluck, and your peppermint fudge was a hit.
I’m so glad to hear that! Peppermint fudge is always a crowd-pleaser. Thanks for bookmarking the roundup—hope your potluck was a fun one!
These not only look beautiful, they taste amazing. This year I’m making homemade edible gifts, and the chocolate sticks are a winner. I’m planning to do the sugar cookies as well.
Thank you! I’m so glad you loved them. Those chocolate sticks make such fun little gifts, don’t they? And the sugar cookies are super easy too—hope they turn out great for you!
Tried the peppermint fudge recipe you recommended and it came out so good. My kids said it tasted like something from a bakery!
That makes me so happy to hear! I’m glad it turned out. And if your kids say it tastes like a bakery treat, that’s pretty much the highest compliment.